Pressure Sores: Conditions That Affect Healing

Topic Overview

Pressure sores occur most frequently in people who are confined to
beds or chairs. In many cases, a person with a pressure sore also has one or
more medical conditions that may affect treatment and healing. These conditions
include:

Malnutrition (chronic lack of good nutrition) and
dehydration (lack of enough fluid in the
body).

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